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Webster 1913 Edition
Crasis
Cra′sis
(kr?′s?s)
, Noun.
[LL., temperament, fr. Gr. [GREEK][GREEK][GREEK][GREEK], fr. [GREEK][GREEK][GREEK][GREEK] to mix.]
1.
(Med.)
A mixture of constituents, as of the blood; constitution; temperament.
2.
(Gram.)
A contraction of two vowels (as the final and initial vowels of united words) into one long vowel, or into a diphthong; synæresis; as, cogo for coago.
Webster 1828 Edition
Crasis
CRASIS
,Noun.
1.
The temper or healthy constitution of the blood in an animal body; the temperament which forms a particular constitution of the blood.2.
In grammar, a figure by which two different letters are contracted into one long letter or into a diphthong.